Venlafaxine in the treatment of hypothalamic amenorrhea in non-depressed women
US5506270A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 9, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61P43/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention provides a method for treating hypothalamic amenorrhea in a non-depressed female mammal by administering to the mammal an effective amount of a hydroxycycloalkanephenethyl amine compound of the following structural formula: ##STR1## in which A is a moiety of the formula ##STR2## wherein the dotted line represents optional unsaturation; R.sub.1 is hydrogen or alkyl; R.sub.2 is alkyl; R.sub.4 is hydrogen, alkyl, formyl, or alkanol; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are, independently, hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, alkoxy, alkanoyloxy, cyano, nitro, alkylmercapto, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkanamido, halo, trifluoromethyl, or taken together, methylene dioxy; R.sub.7 is hydrogen or alkyl; and n is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.